# COMAR Title 29 — Department of State Police

## Subtitle 05 — Crime Laboratory

### Chapter 01 — Statewide DNA Data Base System and Repository

#### Regulation .13 Population Data Base.

*COMAR 29.05.01.13*

A. The Director shall create a population data base comprised of DNA samples obtained from the general population.

B. All personal identifiers shall be removed before the information is entered into the population data base.

C. The population data base information may be shared or disseminated with the following:

  (1) Federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies;

  (2) Crime laboratories that serve federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies that have been approved by the Director;

  (3) A State's attorney's office; or

  (4) A third party that the Director deems necessary to assist the Crime Laboratory with statistical analysis of the population data base.

D. The population data base may be made available to and searched by any agency participating in the CODIS system.